NO SALVATION Translation

A translation of DELUHI’s “NO SALVATION” from their single “ORION ONCE AGAIN”.

Please do not steal this translation or use it without my permission. All rights belong to DELUHI and their label Braveman Records.

 

 

 

~.oOOo.~

 

 

 

 

艶美なる嘆きの告悔
慈悲深く背徳の洗礼
繰り返す使徒の嘲笑
Enbi naru nagaki no kokkai
Jihi fukaku haitoku no senrei
Kurikaesu shito no choushou
Penitance of beautiful grief,
Baptism of corruption steeped with charity,
Sneers of eternal disciples.

 

踏み絵の上で蔑み
讃美歌で自由を謳う
狂信は犠牲となる
Fumie¹ no ue de sagesumi
Sanbika de jiyuu wo utau
Kyoushin ha gisei to naru
They stand ignorant on the image of Christ,
Singing of freedom in their hymns.
Fanatacism becomes their scapegoat.

 

Adore me and trust me
The truth is unwinding
From my lips open your mind

 

I watch you and wash you
Then I can erase
All of your pain

 

Faith is sacrifice
Face to the despair
Faith is sacrifice

 

「NO SALVATION」

 

甘美なる裁きと贖罪
罪深き背徳の系譜
繰り返す使徒の嘲笑
Kanbi naru sabaki to shokuzai
Tsumi fukaki haitoku no keifu
Kurikaesu shito no choushou
Sweet Judgement and the Atonement,
Pedigree of sin-steeped corruption,
Sneers of eternal disciples...

 

不敬に歪む修道
過ちを逃れられずに
十字を描く
Fukei ni yugamu shuudou
Ayamachi wo nigererarezu ni
Juuji wo egaku
Learning skewed by disrespect...
Hang on the crucifix
Unable to escape from all your faults.

 

Adore me and trust me
The truth is unwinding
From my lips open your mind

 

I watch you and wash you
Then I can erase
All of your pain

 

Faith is sacrifice
Face to the despair
Faith is sacrifice

 

「NO SALVATION」

 

永遠に続く筈の日が
崩れ落ちゆく定めなら
二度と約束の地に手を伸ばしても
救いは訪れない
Towa ni tsuzuku hazu no hi ga
Kuzureochiyuku sadame nara
Nido to yakusoku no chi ni te wo nobashite mo
Sukui ha otozurenai
If that day that should continue through eternity
Falls into destined ruin,
Even if you try to reach out for the promised land again,
There will be no salvation for you.

Notes
1. “Fumie” is a very difficult word to translate. It’s actually a phrase meaning “to step on a Christian image”. The word came into existence during the persecution of Christians in Japan. One would be asked by an official to step on an image of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or any other religious picture. As Christians would refuse to do this, it would weed out Christians from innocent citizens for persecution. For simplicity’s sake, I translated “fumie” as “image of Christ”. As the song itself is full of Christian imagery and words, this is easier to fit into the lyrics.